Iâm thrilled to announce that my first collection I lost summer somewhere has just been published and is available at Amazon and through Kelsay Books.
Here are some of the great things my fellow poets have said about it.
âMelancholy, exuberance, nostalgia, fulfillment, contentment, longing â Sarah Russell hits all the spots, and there isnât one poem where a woman wonât be able to identify in some way. Sheâs singing all our songs, putting into magical words things we felt so often but never knew how to tell. Deep sadness matched by laughter, gentleness, love and a sense of adventure. It was a privilege being there with her, living what she remembers, identifying with every line.â
Rose Mary Boehm, author of Tangents, From the Ruhr to Somewhere Near Dresden,and Peru Blues
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âSarah Russell brings us into her world, a world of âdream-filled summer nights,â where âleaves are October butterflies.â Russellâs poems sing the important moments of life. Itâs a song that stays in your mind, drawing you back to the poems again and again.â
Nina Bennett, author of Mix Tape and The House of Yearning
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âSarah Russellâs poems donât have to crawl under your skin â theyâve always been there. If you havenât known a suicide, or gone through divorce or cancer, youâve known the fear. If youâve never had a love youâd marry twice if you had three lives, youâve felt the longing. Russell may have lost summer somewhere, but she has found what makes us human.â
Alarie Tennille, author of Waking on the Moon and Running Counterclockwise
Sarah Russell Poetry 
so awful and timely
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There is so much distrust and old feuds over such a sacred place. And now this. More gasoline on an already raging fire. So sad.
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Yes, all so sad –
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We have to stand both sides of the check-point to see the view – and from my safe place in the Western world, I must hesitate opinion.
I especially like the lines of the third poem:
“Your hands know the depth of olive roots…”
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Yes, it is hard to form an opinion from afar. I just feel for the situation. So volatile when religion is involved.
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A timely write highlighting a great injustice. Thank you for sharing this.
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I thought it was an important poem too, Vivian. Thanks for taking time to read it.
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